From July 1–7, 2024, the 48th International Byron Conference of the International Association of Byron Societies was held in Athens and Messolonghi, under the title “Lord Byron: The Pilgrim of Eternity.” The conference was organized by the Byron Society of the Holy City of Mesolonghi and was held under the auspices and with the support of the Ministry of Culture. More than 100 participants and 67 speakers from 48 universities in Europe, Canada, the U.S., South America, South Africa, the Middle East, and Asia took part in the conference.
On July 4, the administrator of the “Philhellenes of History” page, Giorgos Giannikos, presented his research as a speaker under the title: “The Death of Lord Byron in the English-Language Press of Canada in 1824.” This study examined how English-language Canadian newspapers covered the death and burial of Lord Byron, as well as how the event was linked to the revolutionary events taking place in Greece at that time.
